Pictures

So i finally uploaded pictures since like Easter so here you go. I always like to see pictures of people on their blog so I hope you don't mind all of them. I had like almost 300 I had to upload. It took forever. So I apologize for the picture overload.

Chad IS 17 again! 18 months of kissing metal for me. He was a little bummed to get them a second time. Like 7 years wasn't bad enough the first time. I made him grow out the goatie so that he didn't look like he really was. Although he does not look 33.

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Easter - The girls found their baskets Easter morning. After church the Easter bunny had brought eggs and hide them in the front yard. (We thought it a little odd, because we didn't even dye any eggs this year). We found that our neighbor Don had brought a few for the girls. It was fun to have them look for them. We also took a few pictures of in the back yard after church. I had fun doing Savannahs hair that day. Savannah was our photographer of the picture of Chad and i.

Savannahs Preschool Field Trip - Savannah's Preschool had a field trip to the Phownix zoo. They had an extra special treat by having a private viewing of some of the animals: snake, hissing roach, owl, ferret thing, huge toad.. The kids had a lot of fun. They got to play in the new splash pad cave area and I think that was the biggest hit. My friend Raschell came with us too. Savannah wants to work at Disneyland someday too because of her, but only if she can work with Raschell. Horray for Miss Holly. It was so much fun!!

Girls Trip to California - I have to say it was kind of nice to get to be away from the kids. I did feel a little guilty about going to Disneyland without the kids but we would be back in 2 weeks for Savannahs birthday so I thought it would be okay. We hit disney, of course, then shopping, the Newport Beach temple, church and home. I thought the temple was beautiful. Although we did not do a session, it was fun to walk the grounds after church. It looked so much like a Spanish Mission or something. I did really love that it was not white though. Made it unique. It was fun to hang out with the ladies. I still need to pull out of my shell a bit more since they are all a lot more outgoing than I. But fun none the less.

Preschool Graduation - I can't believe Savannah is a preschool graduate. She is getting so big. But I have to say I am just as excited for kindergarten as she is. It will be great. Her graduation was so sweet. They said the pledge and did a few of the things they do for their normal morning routine. We watch a little slide show of their year and it was so cute the things the kids said. They all got up to say their favorite part of Preschool. I feel bad that Savannah will leave so many friends behind. Poor Semanee and her have been friends since we first moved here. They will not go to the same elementary school and since the ward split we are not in the same ward either. Special thank you to Miss Holly. Savannah loves you and misses you so much.

Savannah's 5th birthday in California - We literally left right after Savannahs graduation to head to disneyland. I got totally sick on the way, which sucked. But hey ya puke in a garbage sack then your good right. Savannah got a $60 gift card to Disney for her birthday (compliments of have a pass and the whole get in free for your birthday bit). We also gave her a sleeping beauty dress. So we were blessed to be in the company of Sleeping Beauty and Tinkerbell. We had a lot of fun. Savannah even got to dance in the parade and place musical chairs with Alice and the Mad Hatter.

The Beach - Another criterial for Savannah's birthday weekend was going to the beach. It was freezing!! We did see a baby sea lion on the beach, and made a sandcastle. Savannah enjoyed finding shells.

TWILIGHT

Yeah, yeah I know I am a little late at jumping on the bandwagon here. I friend lent me her copy of the first two book like, 3 months ago. I have been a slacker and have not wanted to read them. Starting in July I instigated no TV in the house for a month. Well we have caved since Savannah just whines and draggs on and on about it. So I limited it to from 10a to 4p no TV. I am trying to stretch it to 5p. So in that time I thought I would have some quiet time too. It is a good thing these books are an easy read. I started Twilight on Friday and just finished Breaking Dawn earlier yesterday. I think I would have finished Breaking Dawn earlier, but it is so stinking long and had to be mom on the week-days. Plus my eyes were shot from already reading 1700 pgs before I even started it on Monday.

So I have come to the conclusion as to why so many women/girls are obsessed with Edward. I can see how they can be. It was kind of facinating to me to see how he treated Bella, and I think that is the reasoning behind it. It is not that he is supposed to so gorgeous that he is like a god, but that he would do anything for her. He would die for her if it was necessary to keep her safe. I also think that it is the way that he speaks (coming from when he was human in the early 1900s) and just the way they used to treat women in that time. Yes, there were still the jerks in that day as well, but it was marrying for true love and these men would truely look at women as the fairer sex. Chivalry was not dead. I think it was the womens rights movement that changed all that. Not that I don't like my right to vote or be able to have a job equal to a man, but some things are more fitting for men and vice versa.

I am not one for romance novels but I was intrigued by how much I enjoyed this one. The second book had to be my favorite. I could relate to the way Bella felt. It was like Stephanie Meyer was writing exactlty the way I have felt in my life although I never could have put it that way. It was also like I was reliving the pain I had felt while reading Bella struggle with her 'other half' being away.

I was also intrigued by the whole mythical creatures. It was interesting how she described their lifestyles and such. That is one good perk that helped keep me going through the books. She did a fantastic job with their physical relationship that I would have not seen it that way. It was great.

So if there are any of you out there that have not read it yet, (I think I might have been on the only one left), I do encourage you to read it. They are quick reads, but then again I am a pretty quick reader. Chad can't believe that I read 2500pg in four days. Guess I knocked out my summer reading in one weekend.

Anyone have any other recommendations??

We are still alive

So I realize I have not posted in a LONG time. We are still plugging away. I still don't have a computer yet, so that is why the delay. When I download pics I will more detailed updates. Since my last post we have had a few fun things.

Chad got braces, yet again. I'd have to say he is 17 Again. We buckled down for 18 months so we don't have to do major jaw surgery 5-10 yrs down the road. When he had braces for 7 years the first go around, he had a tooth die and so it has caused his other teeth to move in and caused bone loss in his jaw. So by moving them all back now, putting in an implant it will allow the jaw to repair itself. AND... his dumb mouth was the cause of his headaches for years. GO figure.

I got to go on a girls weekend trip to CA. WE headed to Disneyland (with no kiddos), shopping, movies, and just hanging out with good friends. I had a blast. Thanks so much ladies for thinking of me and bringing me along.

Savannah graduated from Preschool. It was so much fun to see her with her teacher. She sure does miss Miss Holly. It was exciting that she has reached that milestone. She is SO excited to start Kindergarten in August. ALthough I keep threatening that she will not go, because she keeps throwing HUGE temper tantrums. Ahhhh!!!

Savannah turned 5 on May 15th and celebrated her birthday in Disneyland! Since we have our passes she was able to get a $60 gift card for her birthday. We told her that was her present and she got to pick out anything she wanted. She got sunglasses, a princess book, a keychain (because she has SO many keys), and an Ariel shirt. Plus she still has money left over for next time. We also gave her an awesome SLeeping Beauty dress (thanks Raschell) the morning of to wear over there. I did her hair all fancy and put in a little comb crown. She was in heaven. They have a new Celebrate Parade and she got picked out of the crowd to dance a bit in the parade. It was lots of fun.

We also had some visitors the end of May. My good friend, Andrea, from BYU-H came to visit with her youngest Ellyit. We had fun hanging out and taking the kids to the zoo. Her little girl is just a few months younger than Charlotte and they had fun playing together. Unfortunately Charlotte must have got a bug from nursery because she got a little bit of the runs then she gave it to Ellyit but she got it more as a stomach bug. I felt so bad. Chad was awesome and helped clean up puke throughout the weekend. I hope they had fun although we didn't do a ton it was fun just hanging out with old friends.

We have also started to do some fun summer stuff indoors. We were off to the Stuffington Bear Factory to see how they make bears and were able to make our own teddy bears. We also went to the Cerreta Candy company and had a tour of the factory. The girls got to make a chocolate pizza as well.

I have been doing lots of mystery shopping lately and doing the Anthem Outlets. I will be starting them AGAIN in July. It is a nice payday, but oh so time consuming with the work orders. I will also be heading over to LA next week to do home shops. I'll take what I can get.

Right now we are enjoying our lower than normal temps and trying to get through the summer. Chad is busting his tushey, so that he can make his goal for the quarter and get our bonus, and hit the premium mark so we can go to New York in October. We really want to go to New York since neither of us have been there, plus to add icing to the cake, we won't have to pay for it! Hopefully that will happen. WE have until mid August to qualify.

I noticed I haven't said too much about Charlotte. She is a crazy climbing monkey. She climbs everything! She also have my high pitch schrill that I had as a kid. She makes the silliest faces and will tell everyone they are naughty. Can you guess what she gets told a lot? She loves Daddy and whenever she says it she has to yell it. She gives the best little bear hugs too. SHe and Savannah have been into babies and polly pockets. They are FINALLY starting to play together pretty well. Charlotte is a lot like Dorey from Finding Nemo. Remember in the movie 'Oh look something shiney. SOmething shiney?? WHere??' That is totally Charlotte. She is so easily distracted. If she is getting into something she shouldn't be or just in our face, we will ask her where her baby is. THen she is 'Baby?' and off she goes to find it.

I will try to upload pics soon, and get it all in a sideshow or something. I have just been a huge slacker. I know. That is our life in a nutshell.